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DANGEROUS
PLACES
 DANGEROUS
PLACES
Health,Safety,andArchaeology
Edited by David A. Poirier
and Kenneth L. Feder
BERGIN & GARVEY
Westport, Connecticut
London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dangerous places : health, safety, and archaeology / edited by David A. Poirier and
Kenneth L. Feder
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–89789–632–7 (alk. paper)
1. Archaeology—United States—Field work. 2. Archaeology—Health aspects—United
States. 3. Archaeology—United States—Safety measures. 4. Excavations
(Archaeology)—United States. I. Poirier, David A. II. Feder, Kenneth L.
CC76.D37 2001
930.1'028'9—dc21 00–023726
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright
2001 by David A. Poirier and Kenneth L. Feder
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00–023726
ISBN: 0–89789–632–7
First published in 2001
Bergin & Garvey, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.greenwood.com
Printed in the United States of America
TM
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
10987654321
Contents
Introduction
vii
David A. Poirier and Kenneth L. Feder
I Biological Hazards
1 Ticked Off: Lyme Disease and Archaeologists
3
Nicholas F. Bellantoni
2 Rabies: A Short Discourse
11
Tom Morganti and Nan Tartt
3 The Fungus Among Us: Coccidioidomycosis (“Valley Fever”)
and Archaeologists
21
T. Michael Fink and Ken K. Komatsu
4 Of Mice and Men: What Archaeologists Should Know About
Hantavirus and Plague in North America
31
T. Michael Fink
5 Histoplasmosis: The Poop on Occupational Mycoses in
Archaeological Contexts
55
Rob Ferguson
6 Nasty Little Things: Molds, Fungi, and Spores
71
Paul S. Sledzik
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